Caprice Azar
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Posted - 2011.12.21 02:53:00 -
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CCP karkur wrote:hey everyone, since you are all here to talk about the character creator I wanted to ask you a few questions .
- When you go through the character creator, is there anything that you find confusing or unclear and could be improved?
- Did you all notice the "tucking" options, that you can randomize the whole character (and each group), and toggle the clothes off?
- Now we have only facial tattoos... would body tattoos be something you would be interested in (and then how interested), even though you cannot see them in the portrait?
- A few people have asked for normal glasses... would that be something you would be interested in?
- Did anyone have problems with the body modifications, and if so, what did you have problems with?
- Are there any small usability issues that bothering you in the character creator?
- Do you think players in general would be in favor of allowing bloodline changes, or are there just a few souls that are unhappy with their heritage?
- Any more suggestions? (other than "hey, we want more racial clothing" and "hey, we want no clothing restrictions").
(I've been looking at the character creator for so long that it makes perfect sense to me , but it would be great to get some input from you guys... and these are just questions, not promises that everything you suggest will be done )
- I've found it hard to make my characters smile either in the character editor or in the portrait taker... I generally want an air of happy-go-lucky free-spiritedness, with maybe a slight upward curve to one corner of her mouth, but it seems I only ever end up with a grotesque or a bland, blank look. And when actually walking around in station she just looks a bit peeved (possibly at the extreme botoxing that must have happened to make her face so rigid).
- Bodily tats would be good but limited value until shared WiS - most people seem to use face/shoulder portraits rather than full length shots (although I assume ppl who used the full length tats would take their portraits appropriately), and I think they would be kind of indistinct on the portrait thumbnails, which is what most peoples only experience of other players is atm.
- Yes to normal glasses - if our characters use sunglasses (when we could just as easily have dimming functions in our ocular implants) and goggles, why would we not use normal glasses? In real life I personally prefer how I look with my glasses on than I do without/wearing contacts. It comes down to just another option that if you don't like it you can ignore, if you do then you can use.
- Bloodline changes/re-customisation: I think quite a few picked their original race based on the look they could get on their characters portraits; I know I did when I first dabbled with the game. Yes, I know, that's not the Spreadsheets In Space min/maxing way, but it happens. Given the reduced variation available, and the less extremes available being able to revisit the characters would be nice.
Quite a few people would also have done the opposite 'cos their spreadsheets told them that race/bloodline x would be most efficient for them; as someone pointed out, that's not really true any more so perhaps they would like to change.
If this was offered, make sure people who are happy with their character (as I figure most people would be) have the option of keeping everything as it is - a 'no, I'm fine, don't bother me' type option so they don't have to mess around & possibly screw up a look they are quite happy with.
I would want to use the option to make small tweaks to the character (broader shoulders/narrower waist) rather than a wholesale rebuild-from-the-ground-up. I found it took a little while of walking around to decide if I liked her or not & by that time it was too late.
- Greater variation (weirdness/extreme sci-fi-ness possibilities) and distinctive body type possibilities between the bloodlines would be nice. The option to show augmentation implants would help solidify the sci-fi-ness of the game.
- Offering a body shape change as a 'service' ala attribute remaps for aur/plex etc would be a good thing (for the role-players out there, given the entire functioning of the brain can be altered - cf attibute remaps - simple cosmetic changes for a new clone should be consistent as an in-game technology).
Also, individual clones at different stations could have different bodily shapes - although that would reduce the distinct nature/identity of the character & break that feeling of identification with the character that WiS is designed to accentuate. Probably better to keep the current restriction it to clothes/implants. |